{"id":501072,"date":"2026-02-26T15:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501072\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:42:08","slug":"it-has-to-be-from-niagara-by-niagara-doug-ford-says-he-wont-prescribe-change-for-regions-governance-st-catharines-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/501072\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It has to be from Niagara, by Niagara\u2019: Doug Ford says he won\u2019t prescribe change for region\u2019s governance &#8211; St. Catharines Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxOY3dwQVFNeW5IcnBhX1pjNDZtNVBfQ1RaRktveVg4Q09WVzhHT1JtSllzZ2h4NENCeXNueW1lMjM3RnRpc3RhNXdyejFMNEZ1RUhVQURTUUxPbGxMalZJN3MwRm92RXVsWlU0Zm1nMGJtQmlETGdGZl9wWWJwcDhJbkRiMlJ6bHZUUWljX3BIVXJIYmhDT0VpUEVPN1l2RTFaRTBhQk9lb3dnVm9nV1BVZnBHMWdlcUZUSExoYndDdFVrNGpQRlpONDEySy0zZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018It has to be from Niagara, by Niagara\u2019: Doug Ford says he won\u2019t prescribe change for region\u2019s governance<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;St. Catharines Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9AFBVV95cUxNWExXYklYVERsRkR4R21rTno5ZjhJWHlrTHRPcHM4TkdrNXNDVkgzZ0tSZ09WLUlvdnR2SjB1cXE1UUdEYW10Mk5qVGM2YkhUY3FtWDBaTk5jeXkyTzBPampqM1JkUjBGTk5QMmd1cW9RbzVMdy1PeF9XbjRLQ0VjZmdnYmxINW1NU0xsRUhwa0ZLNmlmNmhYTDFoazNNSDBaalAwVmhuemJWT0JFYWVDaHRfSk5mYnltMC1GQUNMcWRrb1loMV83VHdiR1lqaW5aVGRhVnNpWEpKWkRmMmhtRlByeHpxVTV1NFFleUoycVZWUjZX?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Doug Ford hints he\u2019s ready to amalgamate Niagara\u2019s 12 cities and towns<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNZHhwRjFLazhtQ3F1ZFZzMjV5Xy1DVkVPOGRDM0N6WFF0OGlMYnhna1J3NEotbHpTMDJzZmdyUTkxNlJubVVxTFRldUdRUmdmaGE4ZDdfWVRwWmVQekV6OFRhODNjc2xnYUJYTG4zSmo5bUMxWVdtS2VaS3NqZERNZTdlQ2RFcWtCVjlLNUJxb29VdktrNWU2Y1NkQms0dnFoWWxnM19aaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Niagara has &#8216;too many politicians&#8217; but amalgamation up to region&#8217;s mayors: Premier Doug Ford<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPWVdQYTlOcXQwMERtTXRqZlBpQXF3T2pGOEdacXJvNENjRVRaRndtV3ZlU1A5U1NObWNNbWZBZHFlb3BLM2ZrVzNHT0wxa0ZUM0dxTkNVOFFpR1VXN1czdVUwQUlQUW8xYzAyanZkWk9DeXZpak9qZnRkM2hWcXg5VmtJdkh2SzgzRnZHVGFfeFl0NHF5TElRcXhldG1jSDZ3Q3VDb0NpMmdaZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Video: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Niagara mayors must decide on amalgamation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE05QW1raUFBLXlzYXVfaG9FZUptLUhHQ2R0QktXc3FRQ204MTNqZUh3UlBSWlVTcnIxc1l0R3duRGlnbFRKUHM1elZuNUJSZGFZNzAtQjdyMUVTQ3VkRXBvSUVOYVVkdzNMeVhqZVpmb0k3c1dWVEZHamh3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ford government supportive of Niagara amalgamation, hoping for local plan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Global News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018It has to be from Niagara, by Niagara\u2019: Doug Ford says he won\u2019t prescribe change for region\u2019s governance&nbsp;&nbsp;St.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-501072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}